Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-08 Thread Marc Gemis
for those that want to keep track of which postal_code areas are already defined: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1IE this is a simple overpass query. there are better ways to do this, e.g. restrict the query to Belgium instead of the current bounding box, or creating a separate map with the postal

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-07 Thread Jo
I haven't worked on boundaries before, but this discussion triggered it. So I added boundary=postal_code relations for 3000, 3001, 3010, 3012 and 3018 and since I had to split the boundary of Groot-Leuven, I went all around it to align it more on AGIV WMS imagery. Cheers, Polyglot 2013/12/4

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 11:26:27PM +0100, Jo wrote: I haven't worked on boundaries before, but this discussion triggered it. So I added boundary=postal_code relations for 3000, 3001, 3010, 3012 and 3018 and since I had to split the boundary of Groot-Leuven, I went all around it to align it

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 11:26:27PM +0100, Jo wrote: I haven't worked on boundaries before, but this discussion triggered it. So I added boundary=postal_code relations for 3000, 3001, 3010, 3012 and 3018 and since I had to split the boundary of Groot-Leuven, I went all around it to align it

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-06 Thread Wouter Hamelinck
I wrote several times without reaction that the law states that the law (e.g. the Moniteur) cannot be copyrighted, that the boundaries are part of the law (normally in the Moniteur) and hence that the boundaries cannot be copyrighted. The same applies to road signs. Don't you agree? OK,

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-06 Thread Verhoeven Fr
Le 5/12/2013 22:52, Marc Gemis a écrit : Since in Belgium the postal code areas coincide with village borders, we have to double them. This 1-to-1 mapping might not be the case in other countries. When we use those postal code boundaries, we do not have to put the postal code on streets or

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-06 Thread Ben Laenen
On Friday 06 December 2013 09:09:12 Wouter Hamelinck wrote: OK, I'll bite. - If it is not in the Moniteur/Staatsblad it is definitely not a law. (reaction to the use of e.g. and normally) - Yes, you can use the Staatsblad/Moniteur to map things. Not sure how you would do that. - I am

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-06 Thread Wouter Hamelinck
Actually, when a boundary changes, it will be published in the Staatsblad/Moniteur (it just doesn't happen very often). I know, but I was mainly interested in the way the borders were defined in 1830. Say I take a certain point. Which law defines it to be a part of community X? Is there such a

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-06 Thread Ben Laenen
On Friday 06 December 2013 13:26:25 Wouter Hamelinck wrote: I know, but I was mainly interested in the way the borders were defined in 1830. Say I take a certain point. Which law defines it to be a part of community X? Is there such a law? It is more curiosity from my side, than practical use

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 12:58:21AM +0100, Glenn Plas wrote: On 05-12-13 22:57, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:52:31PM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Since in Belgium the postal code areas coincide with village borders I've read somewhere that Brussels has some exceptions to that.

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-06 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-12-06 09:09, Wouter Hamelinck wrote : I wrote several times without reaction that the law states that the law (e.g. the Moniteur) cannot be copyrighted, that the boundaries are part of the law (normally in the Moniteur) and hence that the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 05:23:12AM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Glenn, I just used the node that was already in OSM. I'll move it. I've done some surveys there, so I know where you want it. So what would be the difference between the place= node and this admin_centre for admin_level 9? You

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Glenn Plas
On 05-12-13 05:54, Marc Gemis wrote: Another question related to this boundary. Originally I did not touch the boundary between Mechelen en Bonheiden. I just reused it for the Muizen-boundary. I now noticed that the Bonheidensteenweg (http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/146650425) was partially

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Kurt Roeckx k...@roeckx.be wrote: On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 05:23:12AM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Glenn, I just used the node that was already in OSM. I'll move it. I've done some surveys there, so I know where you want it. So what would be the difference

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Kurt Roeckx
At least the shapefile is clear about the license, and you can just open that in josm. You need the OpenData plugin for it. See: https://download.agiv.be/Producten/Detail?id=10title=Voorlopig_referentiebestand_gemeentegrenzen Since the WMS is just a rending of that information, I don't think

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Ben Abelshausen
When I read the licence file it's the same conditions as the CRAB dataset. There is an obligation to mention the source, just add it to the list of sources on the wiki and specify that it's about borders. Met vriendelijke groeten, Best regards, Ben Abelshausen On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:36 PM,

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Bart Van Lancker
I used the place= node as admin_centre. That's also the one that I moved. Should there be a difference between the two ? As for the two relations: I'm still fighting nominatim. I want all the street(segments) within the Muizen area to return 2812 as post code. In Germany they use the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread André Pirard
On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:35:17AM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: I'll try to get the wms layer for the boundaries and adapt the boundary to the one from AGIV (or are we not allowed to use that ?) On 2013-12-05 16:36, Kurt Roeckx wrote :

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 05:19:35PM +0100, Bart Van Lancker wrote: That's what I'm trying to do in Ghent, and it doesn't work. I've defined the deelgemeenten with their postal code (actually as a boundary=administrative), but there seem to be some postal codes hardcoded in Nominatim, which

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-12-05 03:43, Glenn Plas wrote : Exactly what I feared, that point in Muizen has probably never been of any importance,  in that sense the real historic centre of Muizen is the area at the new church (and old tower) , about 1Km to

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
Nominatim also uses data that is not in OSM. They did some imports into their database. That's why there was a postcode 12 in Reet last year. They removed that one. So it is possible to have postal code nodes that are not in OSM, and which cannot be deleted in the normal way of course. as a side

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
I think the boundary=postal_code makes a difference after all compare http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=52527679(Waterkluiskaai) which uses the postal code point with http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=64725723(Bonheidensteenweg) which uses the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Bart Van Lancker
2013 17:41 Aan: OpenStreetMap Belgium Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=sint-amandsberg#map=17/51.04681/3. 75473 9040 is NOT hardcoded in Nominatim : Not sure what defines 'hardcoded in Nominatim' to you. But since

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-12-05 05:54, Marc Gemis wrote : Another question related to this boundary. Originally I did not touch the boundary between Mechelen en Bonheiden. I just reused it for the Muizen-boundary. I now noticed that the Bonheidensteenweg

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
Bart, I just added a postal_code boundary for 2840 Rumst. And yes, both the Hondstraat and Steenweg op Waarloos now get the correct postal code: 2840. They had 2550 (from Kontich) before. So postal_code boundaries are the solution for my nominatim problems. regards m On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
Did the same (duplicate the admin relation, change into a postal-code relation) for Bornem and there it works as well. Sas Nattenhaasdonkstraat now show the correct 2880 postal code. It took several minutes though before all street segments were updated. Since in Belgium the postal code areas

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:52:31PM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Since in Belgium the postal code areas coincide with village borders I've read somewhere that Brussels has some exceptions to that. Kurt ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread André Pirard
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Marc Gemis marc.ge...@gmail.com wrote: Bart, I just added a postal_code boundary for 2840 Rumst. And  yes, both the Hondstraat and Steenweg op Waarloos now get the correct postal code:

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Glenn Plas
On 05-12-13 22:57, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:52:31PM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Since in Belgium the postal code areas coincide with village borders I've read somewhere that Brussels has some exceptions to that. Rest assured, things like VRT and NATO own their own postal

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Glenn Plas gl...@byte-consult.be wrote: On 05-12-13 22:57, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:52:31PM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Since in Belgium the postal code areas coincide with village borders I've read somewhere that Brussels has some

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
André, your example is the postal code of the centre of a village. I'm talking about streets, especially streets at the border of the postal code area, close to the postal code node of the next village. The Germans have those postal code area's. it's also mentioned on the Nominatim FAQ page [1].

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Gemis
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Bart Van Lancker b...@vlweb.net wrote: Okay, thanks. But there’s one more problem. Both the deelgemeenten Ledeberg and Gentbrugge have the postal code 9050. The same counts for Afsnee and Sint-Denijs Westrem. So, should I draw a new boundary over the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Ben Laenen
On Wednesday 04 December 2013 13:49:56 Marc Gemis wrote: Today, I did my first attempt add adding a boundary. The boundary is for the deelgemeente Muizen near Mechelen. The changeset is http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/19271107 I used http://gisgeoloket.provant.be/ to export a jpg file

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Marc Gemis
Thanks for correcting my mistake. I'm still using the geoloket from the Antwerp province, with Silverlight. The application has the possibility to save the map in jpg/png/... or pdf. I first tried with PDF, but that didn't work in JOSM. I'll try the link you've send and see whether I can export

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 01:49:56PM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Today, I did my first attempt add adding a boundary. The boundary is for the deelgemeente Muizen near Mechelen. The changeset is http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/19271107 I used http://gisgeoloket.provant.be/ to export a jpg

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:04:10PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 01:49:56PM +0100, Marc Gemis wrote: Today, I did my first attempt add adding a boundary. The boundary is for the deelgemeente Muizen near Mechelen. The changeset is

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Marc Gemis
Buth muizen is of course part of Mechelen and so isn't available there. I think that most, if not all, level 8 boundaries in the Antwerp Province are already in OSM. I was looking for level 9 boundaries. The reason was given a couple of weeks ago when I mentioned a note on osm.org that asked

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread André Pirard
Hi Marc, On 2013-12-04 13:49, Marc Gemis wrote : Today, I did my first attempt add adding a boundary. The boundary is for the deelgemeente Muizen near Mechelen. The changeset is http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/19271107 I used http://gisgeoloket.provant.be/ to export a jpg file of the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Marc Gemis
Thanks André, I'll add the missing pieces regards m On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 8:00 PM, André Pirard a.pirard.pa...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Marc, On 2013-12-04 13:49, Marc Gemis wrote : Today, I did my first attempt add adding a boundary. The boundary is for the deelgemeente Muizen near

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Glenn Plas
Marc, What is the point of the administrative center in the relation ? http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3359778 I'm from that area, I know Muizen by heart but that administrative center that position has no meaning to me, just wondering what that represents. tx for explaining

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-12-05 01:03, Glenn Plas wrote : Marc, What is the point of the administrative center in the relation ? http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3359778 I'm from that area, I know Muizen by heart but that administrative center that position has no meaning to me, just wondering

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Glenn Plas
Exactly what I feared, that point in Muizen has probably never been of any importance, in that sense the real historic centre of Muizen is the area at the new church (and old tower) , about 1Km to the northwest of the current coordinate used as centre. Thats the reason I asked, it is so way

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Marc Gemis
Glenn, I just used the node that was already in OSM. I'll move it. I've done some surveys there, so I know where you want it. regards m On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Glenn Plas gl...@byte-consult.be wrote: Exactly what I feared, that point in Muizen has probably never been of any

Re: [OSM-talk-be] My first attempt at a boundary

2013-12-04 Thread Marc Gemis
Another question related to this boundary. Originally I did not touch the boundary between Mechelen en Bonheiden. I just reused it for the Muizen-boundary. I now noticed that the Bonheidensteenweg ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/146650425) was partially in Muizen-Mechelen and Bonheiden. So I